Comedy is still alive, and there are still funny people. Jews are still overrepresented in comedy and psychiatry and underrepresented in the priesthood. That immigrant Jewish humor is still with us. — Robert Klein Copy Share Image
But I think the other is a little more like bullfighting, a little more daring and although I appreciate good acting and I liked… — Robert Klein Copy Share Image
I guess I'm pleased and proud of the respect of my peers, and that when I disappear from the scene or from this earth,… — Robert Klein Copy Share Image
[T]he Super Bowl, the quintessential American creation. A dizzying mélange of brilliant entrepreneurship in an atmosphere of intense competition. It is the perfect show… — Robert Klein Copy Share Image
I'd walk into the school, smell that institutional smell of the tomato soup, peanut butter, disinfectant, and boys room. Pass the lunchroom, see the… — Robert Klein Copy Share Image
I was a class clown. My father was a class clown. My son has been a class clown, and it sort of ran in… — Robert Klein Copy Share Image
In the book of things people more often do wrong than right, investing must certainly top the list, followed closely by wallpapering and eating… — Robert Klein Copy Share Image
One of my greatest inspirations for stand-up was Jonathan Winters. He was a genius. One thing about him, and also Lenny Bruce, is that… — Robert Klein Copy Share Image
I wrote my book 'The Amorous Busboy Of Decatur Avenue' completely like a writer does, writing it down, re-writing everything. But in my stand-up,… — Robert Klein Copy Share Image
My 1974 album 'Mind Over Matter' was a detailed thing about Watergate. I always had some righteous indignation. — Robert Klein Copy Share Image
But to do it professionally is a quantum leap difference and my father had to be persuaded by these kind of Ivy League professors… — Robert Klein Copy Share Image
I learned more at The Second City than I did at Yale for all that high tuition. — Robert Klein Copy Share Image
There is a cliche that probably has some anecdotal evidence on the side that comedians are very depressed people, but that's because no one… — Robert Klein Copy Share Image